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Investment Overview for Time Warner Cable (NYSE:TWC)

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Time Warner Cable is the second largest U.S. cable operator, providing consumers and businesses with pay-TV, broadband and digital voice (VoIP) services. The company primarily makes money through monthly subscription fees for its services, advertising carried on some of its channels and on-demand and pay-per-view programming.

POTENTIAL UPSIDE & DOWNSIDE TO TREFIS PRICE

Below are key drivers of Time Warner Cable's value that present opportunities for upside or downside to the current Trefis price estimate for Time Warner Cable:

Time Warner Cable Broadband Subscriber Fees: We estimate this figure to grow in the coming years and be north of $80 by the end of our forecast period as compared to $54 in 2014. However, there could be an upside of more than 20% to our price estimate if this figure were to be north of $105 in the coming years driven by the rapid growth in broadband market. On the other hand, there could be downside of more than 20% to our price estimate, if the company is unable to raise the prices amid an increased competition in the broadband market.

Time Warner Cable Pay-TV Subscriber Fees: We estimate this figure to grow from $67 levels currently to $81 by the end of our forecast period. However there could be more than 10% upside to our price estimate if Time Warner Cable can raise its subscription prices and the average fees stands around $100 by the end of our forecast period. On the other hand, there could be downside of a similar order, if the company fails to pass the rising costs to its customers and the subscriber fees stays range-bound around $63 levels

For additional details, select a driver above or select a division from the interactive Trefis split for Time Warner Cable at the top of the page.
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We believe cable TV (pay-TV) is the most valuable segment, followed by broadband. This is primarily due to following reasons:

High number of subscribers

Time Warner Cable has just under 11 million pay-TV subscribers and more than 12 million broadband subscribers currently. Going forward we expect that broadband subscribers will continue to grow while the pay-TV subscribers will remain more or less stagnant in long-term.

High monthly subscription fees

There is quite a difference between fee per subscriber for Time Warner Cable's pay-TV and broadband subscribers. Time Warner Cable is making on average $67 per month from its pay-TV subscribers compared to $54 per month for broadband subscribers. This $67 figure excludes on-demand and DVR services and the fees would be much higher if they were included.

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Migration to digital platform

Time Warner Cable has shifted to a digital platform from analog platform used earlier. It has benefited by migrating customers to digital services, since it frees up significant delivery bandwidth by eliminating the analog service. Moreover digital services offer higher profits for Time Warner Cable, compared to analog TV services.

Increasing Competition with Telecoms, such as AT&T and Verizon

AT&T's U-Verse and Verizon's FiOS are fiber optic TV services that have gained traction in some geographic areas. We expect competition in this space to result in declining subscription prices for both telecom and cable operators.

Online video services such as Netflix emerging as a potential threat

Time Warner Cable's on-demand services are increasingly facing competition from online streaming companies such as Netflix and Hulu. Netflix has been able to grow its subscribers at a rapid pace. The company has been consistently adding to its movie and TV show catalog. Although there is no evidence currently that services such as Netflix are encouraging people to cut their cable cords, over time this may emerge as a more serious threat.

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